WORDLY WISE

GAMES Magazine

January/February, 1981

H. H. 

What do the following words have in common?

TOO

WAY

BEAU

CALM

COMB

SCARF

CHORE

SQUEAL

HINT:

It has to do with the last letters of each word.

Answer:

 

If you change the last letter of each word to the letter preceding it in the alphabet, you get a new word:

 

TOO - TON

WAY - WAX

BEAU - BEAT

CALM - CALL

COMB - COMA

SCARF - SCARE

CHORE - CHORD

SQUEAL - SQUEAK